I’ve raised three racoons myself. They don’t make good pets (in the house pet sense) but they are fun little animals to have at least once. I always raised them outside, to give them plenty of opportunities to adjust to nature. They are wild pets, and as such you can never really domesticate them, they will always leave eventually.

Highly clever is an understatement. Racoons also love to climb all over you. They will pick through your hair. And anywhere a racoon can fit its head through (no matter its body) it will get through.